Stephen Fai

Associate Professor, Carleton University

Stephen Fai holds a professional BArch (Carleton) and a PhD in religious studies (Ottawa). He is an Associate Professor at the Azrieli School of Architecture and Urbanism where he teaches in the design studio and co-chairs the PhD program. He has taught courses on hand drawing and on various themes in the history and theory of architecture. Professor Fai served as the acting director of the School of Architecture (2002 - 2004), director (2004 - 2005), and associate director, graduate programs (2006 - 2010). His current research interests are at the intersection of architecture, image making, and hybrid technologies. He became the director of the Carleton Immersive Media Studio (CIMS) in 2007. Over the past decade, CIMS has developed five lines of inquiry that address the application of digital technologies in the context of architectural conservation and rehabilitation: digitization; building information modelling (BIM); simulation; digitally assisted fabrication; digitally assisted storytelling.